[Tibbs-86]

so i am driving to taco bell on lunch the other day in my 97 Chevy K2500 6.5 Turbo Diesel, and i loose everything, Power steering, power brakes, Tach is reading 0 RPM, battery light is on.
my dumb self says "oh, you are not stalling on me. not here in the suicide lane"
so i rev it just a little. and i hear multiple BANGS. (i read that it is possible to shear the crank on these motors) so i think to myself, "i just destroyed my crank"
call work tell them, i'm going to be late. call a buddy (not going to throw Spike under the bus) but the first buddy doesn't answer, call another buddy. in the end i get towed a little over 3 miles from taco bell to my buddy's place, get the truck in the car port. start pulling everything apart to see if there is any other damage, and HERE IS MY HARMONIC BALANCER sitting in the little gap between my harmonic balancer and my axle.
call work again. tell them the situation they say, "take the rest of the day off, fix the truck"
so i am looking at the crank stub and there is this horrendous gouge, so if any of you have seen my camaro you can probably guess what happened there. new harmonic balancer. new belt, new crank key chuck, J B WELD. new fan clutch, and still looking for a new fan.

THIS HAS GOT TO BE THE MOST EXPENSIVE CUT BACK FROM WORK I HAVE EVERY HAD, so far approx. $400 just to get half a day at work.

haven't got the truck up and running yet. still have about 2 hrs left on the cure check for the j b weld.

well at least i have another vehicle to drive, my '08 Silverado. its a good thing this didn't happen while my '08 was at the fest and i wasn't.

i am still in awe of, how does the harmonic balancer just FALL OFF. really who does this happen to.